Impeachment complaints over betrayal of public trust were filed every year for the next four years, citing electoral fraud, plunder, and human rights violations.

Her allies in Congress made sure the complaints would not prosper but Arroyo faced new challenges when Benigno Aquino III became president. He constantly took a swipe at the previous administration.

Arroyo was arrested for electoral sabotage in 2011. Graft charges were also filed over the NBN-ZTE deal.

She was denied medical treatment abroad and her health continued to deteriorate.

The court granted her bail in 2012, but she was arrested again in October, this time for plunder, over the alleged misuse of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) funds, the very case dismissed by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Arroyo was elected congressman twice while in detention. She continues to face graft and electoral sabotage charges.

But considering her friendship with President Rodrigo Duterte, it remains to be seen how her comeback will change the political landscape.